CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XXI. 
Leave Tien-tsin for Peking — My passport —Mode of travelling— 
Carts and wretched roads — Hotel at Tsai-tsoun — Towns of 
Hoose-woo, Nan-ping, and Matao — Hot* 
Poor accommodation — Moderate charges — Appearance 
country — Crops and cultivation — Mountains in the di 
Walls and ramparts of Peking — Foreign embassies — 
Legation — Medical missions — Chinese observatory — Views from 
it — Tartar and Chinese cities Page 344 
CHAPTER XXII. 
The streets of Peking — Imperial palaces — Lama mosque— Western 
side of the city — Portuguese cemetery — Marble tablets — Tombs 
of Catholic priests — Ricci and Verries — Visits to the Chi 
city— Scenes at the gates — The cabs of Peking — Shops 
merchandise — Vegetables and fruits — “Paternoster Row 
Jade-stone and bronzes — Ancient porcelain — Temple of Agr 
ture — South side of Chinese city — Nursery gardens and plants — 
Country people — South-west side of Chinese city — Waste lands — 
Royal ladies expected — A September morning in Pek i n g — Northern 
part of the Tartar city — The An-ting gate — Graves of English 
officers — The Lama temple — Chief features of Peking . . 357 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
A journey to the mountains — Long trains of camels and donkeys - 
Pagoda at Pale-twang — Large cemetery — Curious fir-tree - 
Agricultural productions — Country people — Reach the foot of tl 
hills — Temples of Pata-tsboo — Foreign writing on a wall — j 
noble oak-tree discovered — Ascend to the top of the mountain 
— Fine views — Visit from mandarins — Early morning view- 
Retum to Peking — Descend the Pei-ho — Sail for Shanghae- 
Arrange and ship my collections — Arrive in Southampton .. 37 
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